Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto una settimana. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Seattle, WA) nel mese di set 2016
Colloquio
Overall it was a good interview process, right from talking with the recruiter, then phone screen, and then in the in-person interview at Seattle. For the in-person interview, I met with about 5 managers, each time we were out of time and the conversation had to end abruptly because the next person to interview me was waiting outside the meeting room. All people I talked to typed into their laptops and told me they need to give the feedback to HR later, which I was totally fine with. One of the managers told me also that there is shortage of talent, which is why they interview so many folks. Overall the interview went really well, but to my surprise, I got a standard rejection email a couple of days later. No feedback on what didn't work out, nothing at all. It seems like the problem with the candidates is not shortage of talent, but the interviewers being somewhat biased in how they approach the interviews. A lot of other reviews on Glassdoor seem to echo surprise as well that the interviews that went really well did not result in an offer, and my experience was the same.
Phone screen, 5 1 hour interviews for loop
Each hour was dedicated to 2 LPs. System design was more collaborative than i anticipated which was a pleasant surprise. The phone screen mostly focused on my previous experiences
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Standard LP based scenarios, system design was actual system the team owns
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Tokyo) nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
The interview process is straightforward but intense.
First interview was with another Software Dev Manager in the same team. After that the famous loop interview where I had to take 5 interviews in a row over two days ( using paid holidays at work ). Recruiter gave a lot of information about possible questions and helped with materials. However, I had to use same stories few times as the different interviewers asked same questions few times.
Everything is okay, I had a good time during the interviews and it was a good exercise. However, I simply do not understand why they have to call to reject? I am not a customer to be obsessed with. A straight cut rejection via email works better than taking time out of my busy schedule.
If they used this time to share some feedback, that would be useful. If they do not share any reason why I have to continue formal small talk just to get the rejection on my face?
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
A time you were driving toward a goal and realized more than halfway in that it may not be the best goal.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Amazon (Hyderabad)
Colloquio
Had 1 round of System design interview. I thought the interview went ok, if not bad, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, while asking to apply 6 months later.
